Summary:
St. Paul City School contains a single elementary school: St. Paul City Primary School, which serves grades PK–5 with 313 students at 215 University Ave W, Saint Paul, MN 55103-8888. With only one elementary school, families in this area have a single option to consider, and the surrounding district is itself ranked 442 of 458 Minnesota districts, at the 3rd percentile with 0 stars.
Academically, the school performs well below state benchmarks. In 2025–2026, all-grade proficiency was 4.9% in Math versus 44.9% statewide, 7.9% in Reading versus 48.6%, and 2.6% in Science versus 25.5% — gaps of roughly 40 percentage points in Math and Reading. Against its own district, Math was slightly above (4.9% vs. 4.7%), while Reading (7.9% vs. 10.4%) and Science (2.6% vs. 6.6%) were below. Grade-level results vary widely: 3rd grade reached 6.7% in Math and 11.1% in Reading; 4th grade was reported at exactly 0% in both Math and Reading, a reported zero rather than a suppressed figure; and 5th grade posted the school's strongest results at 8.3% in Math, 12.8% in Reading, and 2.6% in Science.
The school's statewide rank has remained in the bottom percentile across three years — 873 of 881 in 2023–2024, 866 of 872 in 2024–2025, and 860 of 869 in 2025–2026, all at the 1st percentile with 0 stars. Proficiency declined in every subject year over year: Math by 1.35 points, Reading by 1.76 points, and Science by 3.4 points. Meanwhile, 89.46% of students qualified for free/reduced lunch in 2024–2025, and the student–teacher ratio was 13.6. Because the school is small and no cohort sizes are reported, year-to-year and grade-level percentages can shift easily, so these figures are best read as broad patterns rather than precise measures.
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